Classic Radio’s Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 2

Relive twelve of the best classic radio comedy shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection.

Here are twelve of the greatest American comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You’ll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos ’n’ Andy, Ed Gardner as Brooklyn barkeep Archie on Duffy’s Tavern, Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee and Molly, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, and Eve Arden as English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks, plus many others, including The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, The Fred Allen Show, The Great Gildersleeve, Life with Luigi, and Lum and Abner.

Contents include:

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, “The Antique Vase,” starring Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, “Arrested as Spies,” starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll

Duffy’s Tavern, “Guest: Marie ‘The Body’ MacDonald,” starring Ed Gardner

The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, “Guest: Martha Ray,” starring Edgar Bergen

Fibber McGee and Molly, “Too Much Energy,” starring Jim and Marian Jordan

The Fred Allen Show, “Guest: Carmen Miranda,” starring Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa

The Great Gildersleeve, “An Old College Chum Visits,” starring Harold Peary

The Life of Riley, “Win a Buick Contest,” starring William Bendix

Life with Luigi, “Getting Rid of His Cough,” starring J. Carrol Naish

The Lum and Abner Show, “Bulldogging Lum,” starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff

My Favorite Husband, “George Attends a Teenage Dance,” starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning

Our Miss Brooks, “No Uniforms for Opening Day,” starring Even Arden

© 2015 Black Eye Entertainment (Audiobook): 9781504657921

Release date

Audiobook: 1 December 2015